Republican David Castillo has won endorsements from the Seattle Times, the Longview Daily News, the Chronicle of Centralia and the Columbian in his primary campaign for the open 3rd Congressional District seat. The Columbian endorsed both Castillo and Republican state…
Will he or won’t he? After reading Columbian Editor Lou Brancaccio’s column Saturday, Rich Carson is considering withdrawing from the 18th Legislative District race. The independent candidate says he fed up with the “horrible behavior” and dirty campaigning of those…
Kelly Hinton, who writes the acerbic Clark County Politics blog, has a foe in the blogosphere. An unnamed blogger has launched kellyhintonwatch, riffing on Hinton’s own Jon Russell Watch and Jaime Herrera Watch features, in which Hinton regularly blasts both…
Congressional candidate David W. Hedrick seized the moment at Gov. Chris Gregoire’s Vancouver budget forum Tuesday night to confront the governor on her 2009 executive order on climate change – and grab a little glory for himself. Hedrick, who proved…
Since opposing tolls on a replacement Interstate 5 bridge was a successful campaign issue for Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt, another candidate is going that route. Political newcomer Alan Svehaug is running on a no-tolls platform against Clark County Commissioner Steve…
Clark County Commissioner Steve Stuart, a Democrat, and 17th District legislative candidate Brian Peck, a Republican, had what they thought was a cool idea. Because their respective political parties were short on volunteers, they decided to use their own campaign…
The Stranger, Seattle’s alternative weekly newspaper, has taken interest in Southwest Washington’s 3rd Congressional District race. Probably something about an open seat, a toss-up race, the balance of Congress, that sort of thing. Anyway, local GOP candidate and Tea Party…
Appraiser Peter Van Nortwick, one of four candidates for Clark County Assessor, announced on Wednesday that he has been endorsed by Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt. While Van Nortwick got Leavitt’s endorsement, it doesn’t mean Leavitt will actually vote for him…
At Tuesday’s meeting of the Clark County commissioners, a citizen had a suggestion to solve the city of Vancouver’s money woes. Holding up a copy of The Columbian, which had a front-page story on how the city likely has to…
A few people who have driven past the Clark County Sheriff’s Office’s central precinct, 11608 N.E. 149th St., have wondered about political signs that appear to be on the county’s property. They are not. Chief Criminal Deputy Mike Evans said…
